Bum pad and paniers
Dec. 28th, 2018 10:36 pmArabella's underpinnings are now finished so tomorrow (or maybe some other day) I will have to dig through my fabric remnants and decide what to make a petticoat, stomacher and robe à la francaise from.


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I have another more urgent project though: a knitted jumper for Rickard's 50 years birthdaym, the 3rd of February. I iknit, measured and washed a swatch today.
Doll clothes again (gasp!)
Dec. 21st, 2018 11:33 amArabella has got herself a pair of 18th century stays.

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I think that I got a little overwhelmed by the idea that all outfits had to be made in four copies since I have four dolls who are (very unlike looking) sisters. But then I decided that I can make them outfits from different periods or regions. So Sophia (the blond one) is getting a German 16th century gown, Ginevra (the redhead) will get a Tudor or Elizabethan outfit and Elizabeth (the black haired one) will get a 1660s gown.
At least that's the current plan.
And yes, it was a pain to sew the tabs and boring to make the lacing holes. Next thing to make is a panier or possibly a pair of pocket hoops.
So I rolled up her hair on drinking straws and hed her hair in boiling water for about a minute. Now she has very pretty curls.

She's standing on one of the sides of my second painted chest, a side that I finished today. Now I only have one of the narrower side panels, plus the lid left to paint.

However, tomorrow is a work day, and I have laundry to take care of, so that side will have to wait. It's not like I need it before May, when I go camping.
And there were four
Dec. 14th, 2017 10:01 amThe redhead is another Cinderella, I dyed her hair with Schwarzkopf Natural&Easy (they have that in the local supermarket in a few colours) yesterday and elt it set over night, as
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The spencers don't have any closure yet, they will probably get small metal snaps.

The fourth doll arrived today
Dec. 11th, 2017 10:13 pmTomorrow I'm going to buy dye for her hair.
She already had clothes to wear, so when I ran out of yarn for the slippers that I am making for my mum's boyfriend I made a pattern and cut out four wool spencers for the dolls.
I have also finished my christmas dress today and hope ot be able to take photos wearing it outside tomorrow, before the snow that fell today and yesterday melts on Wednesday.
The dolls' new lips
Dec. 8th, 2017 10:04 pmI have also re-painted the lips of the dolls that I hat I have and tentatively named them, though this may change when/if I decide to remake their eyes, because after remaking the lips on Belle, and touching up her eyebrows, she didn't look like a Katherine anymore, which she had done before.
Anyway, they are now named after three sister's in a Georgette Heyer novel. From left to right: Sophia, Elizabeth and Arabella.

Close-up

I have also finished my Santa dress. It is very comfy though possibly not as cute as I had envisioned.
Yesterday was a really productive day
Dec. 4th, 2017 09:17 amDoll spam:

A little sewing
Dec. 2nd, 2017 11:56 pmThe afternoon was spent making buttonholes by hand while watching Star Trek Next Generation, and making hummus and tabbouleh for dinner (we buy our falafels ready made). The redingote is now finished and as soon as the bonnet is made I will pose in it for my costuming blog.
I have not yet decided how it should look, but in the process of it I made two blog posts about winter bonnets, one for the period 1800-1809 and one 1810-1819.
I did start on my stretch velour skater style dress, but realized that I had too little fabric. Valeria goes to university close to the shop where I bought the fabric, so I have given her a sample so she can buy more for me next time she's there, on Wednesday.
So In continued with the regency chemisette I started on when Anna was over the other day, hemmed it, cut a collar, hemmed that, and made a small embroider on the collar tips. I have also started attaching it to the body of the chemisette, but since it's midnight now I'll go to bed, and continue tomorrow.

The dolls are now sitting in the kitchen window and they are so adorable that I had to share another photo.

The dolls' dresses are finished
Dec. 1st, 2017 10:01 pm
I'm beginning to think that I might not re-paint them, they have such sweet faces. Except the lips , maybe, they're too young to wear all that lipstick ;)
I also accidentally bought another Cinderella doll, which will probably show up next week. But then it will be enough, four girls is a nice, even number.
Well, having finished this I might start on my velour skater dress tomorrow, after I've been to the hospital for a CT-scan of my stomach, to see if they can remove the big hernia that's like a ball in on one wide of my abdomen (scar hernia since the surgery in 2013).
Or I'll make a bonnet :)
I look forward to going home and finish the very last hand sewing. Or at least the hand sewing that I can finish, I need to get either buttons or some other closure for it, but my foot is not well enough to get me down town to buy supplies.
So, next project ought to be one of these:
* Santa skater dress from stretch velour for me
* regency dresses for the dolls
* Winter bonnet to match the redingote. This will require some notions to finish, but I think that I could start it with what I have at home.
A group that I've never met has this meet up in 19th century clothing to go to the Christmas market at the nearby (extremely nearby, I see it from my kitchen window) amusement park on Sunday the 10th, and I'm hoping that I will be well enough for that by then, but then I would like to have a bonnet. And actually I wouldn't mind having a wool dress to wear under the redingote too, though so many layers of linen and cotton (shift, stays, petticoat, gown) may be warm enough.
Doll petticoats
Nov. 26th, 2017 09:50 pm
Better, and doll shifts
Nov. 25th, 2017 06:57 pmI thought that I was going to be really excited about making things for the doll when they came, and I am, but I realize that I would even more like to have all the things made, than actually making them ;) I also had a hard time deciding which period they should wear. But I decided to start with regency. So yesterday I made shifts for them, and I have now started to cut out petticoats (with bodices) for them and will hopefully have the energy to start on those tonight.
My girls. I am going to re-paint the faces, but I need to have daylight, and a clearer head for that.

On the other hand I want to make myself a regency wool pelisse/redingote too.
Not to mention that I wanted to be able to go out and catch pokémon and raid this weekend, but that is of course out of the question with my foot.
Tomorrow Mattias, a new guy from the medieval group will come over and Anna and I will help him with his orange silk bliaut, lined in pink. I will also try to finish a scroll that needs to be sent to their highnesses for a n event that takes place next weekend.
Knits of insanity
Nov. 17th, 2017 12:00 am I found this album on Flickr. Yes, I plan to knit for my dolls when they arrive, but I'll never be this good.
Link.
I NEED my dolls
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A sweater for a dollhouse doll
Dec. 4th, 2016 09:52 pmIt is knitted in the round up to where the sleeves should be, then front and back are knitted separately. There’s no neck scoop in the back, but one in the front. The body was sewn together at the shoudlers and then I picked up stitches for the sleeves.

Lilly got eyelashes
Jul. 12th, 2016 03:15 pmHere she is among the flowers and herbs on the balcony:

The one porcelain doll that I like
Mar. 21st, 2016 11:41 amI haven't decided on a name yet, but I am keeping her. I like her pensive face.
